Between 1600 and 1800 around 4,000 Catholic women left England for a life of exile in the convents of France, Flanders, Portugal and America. These closed communities offered religious contemplation and safety, but also provided an environment of concentrated female intellectualism. The nuns’ writings from this time form a unique resource.
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Between 1600 and 1800 around 4,000 Catholic women left England for a life of exile in the convents of France, Flanders, Portugal and America
Acknowledgements, List of Figures, Editorial Principles, Introduction, Select Bibliography, ‘Short Colections of the beginings of our english monastery of Teresians in Antwerp with some few perticulars of our dear deceased religious’, Editorial Notes
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ISBN
9781138753174
Publisert
2013-01-01
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Routledge
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840 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
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Engelsk
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Antall sider
366